It all starts with a story of brother and sister.

In 2008, Marianne (alias Simone) took advantage of an internship in Tanzania to discover the charms of East Africa. She discovers a great fabric there: the Kikoy or Kikoi (at the time she still hesitates).

Back in France she brings back some Kikoys in her suitcase and offers to her brother Jean-Baptiste (alias Georges) to set up a small company to sell a few.

Neither one nor two, a table and two trestles later, Marianne and JB go shopping in the Southwest to present the Kikoy, still little known in France. The Kikoy meets its public from the first summer. The concept is validated!

Back in Paris when choosing their profession they decide to create their own: Vendeurs de Paréos. In a nod to their grandparents they name their brand"Simone and Georges".